Western Asset High Yield Defined Opportunity Fund Ownership

Who are the major shareholders and have insiders been buying or selling?

Recent Insider Transactions

Insider Trading Volume

Insider Buying: Insufficient data to determine if insiders have bought more shares than they have sold in the past 3 months.

Ownership Breakdown

What is the ownership structure of HYI?
Owner Type	Number of Shares	Ownership Percentage
Institutions	7,971,090	35.2%
General Public	14,695,885	64.8%

Dilution of Shares: Shareholders have not been meaningfully diluted in the past year.

Top Shareholders

Top 25 shareholders own 33.29% of the company

Ownership	Name	Shares	Current Value	Change %	Portfolio %
7.11%	First Trust Advisors LP	1,610,875	US$18.9m	0%	0.01%
6.81%	Sit Investment Associates, Inc	1,543,809	US$18.2m	3.69%	0.39%
3.65%	Punch & Associates Investment Management, Inc.	828,233	US$9.7m	-6.06%	0.59%
3.13%	Raymond James Financial Inc., Asset Management Arm	709,971	US$8.3m	422%	no data
1.97%	Guggenheim Partners, LLC	446,425	US$5.2m	17.3%	0.05%
1.59%	Huntleigh Advisors, Inc.	361,460	US$4.3m	5.73%	0.97%
1.37%	Wells Fargo & Company, Securities and Brokerage Investments	310,279	US$3.6m	-10.8%	no data
1.29%	Uncommon Cents Investing, LLC	293,450	US$3.5m	-1.76%	1.01%
0.71%	Morgan Stanley, Investment Banking and Brokerage Investments	161,946	US$1.9m	-20.9%	no data
0.71%	Shaker Financial Services, LLC	161,521	US$1.9m	11.7%	0.73%
0.61%	Cohen & Steers Capital Management, Inc.	138,478	US$1.6m	0%	no data
0.56%	Capital Investment Advisors, LLC	125,898	US$1.5m	-0.04%	0.03%
0.45%	Hara Capital LLC	101,403	US$1.2m	-5.64%	0.83%
0.41%	TFB Advisors, LLC	93,707	US$1.1m	0%	0.32%
0.34%	E & G Advisors, LP	77,110	US$906.8k	-1.53%	0.25%
0.32%	Steward Partners Investment Advisory, LLC	73,596	US$865.5k	3.18%	0.01%
0.31%	1607 Capital Partners, LLC	70,828	US$832.9k	-24.3%	0.03%
0.31%	Consolidated Portfolio Review Corp	69,673	US$819.4k	-5.67%	0.13%
0.31%	Invesco Ltd.	69,646	US$819.0k	57.1%	no data
0.28%	Almitas Capital LLC	64,498	US$758.5k	0%	0.13%
0.23%	Everstar Asset Management, LLC	51,405	US$604.5k	-5.69%	0.42%
0.21%	Camelot Portfolios, LLC	47,227	US$555.4k	-6.56%	0.61%
0.2%	Readystate Asset Management LP	45,753	US$538.1k	0%	0.05%
0.2%	Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc., Banking Investments	44,449	US$522.7k	-0.13%	no data
0.2%	Kovitz Investment Group Partners, LLC	44,285	US$520.8k	-25%	no data

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

Data	Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis	2025/05/11 17:52
End of Day Share Price	2025/05/09 00:00
Earnings	N/A
Annual Earnings	N/A

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Company Financials	10 years	Income statement Cash flow statement Balance sheet	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form 10-Q
Analyst Consensus Estimates	+3 years	Forecast financials Analyst price targets	Analyst Research Reports Blue Matrix
Market Prices	30 years	Stock prices Dividends, Splits and Actions	ICE Market Data SEC Form S-1
Ownership	10 years	Top shareholders Insider trading	SEC Form 4 SEC Form 13D
Management	10 years	Leadership team Board of directors	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form DEF 14A
Key Developments	10 years	Company announcements	SEC Form 8-K

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Analyst Sources

Western Asset High Yield Defined Opportunity Fund Inc. is covered by 0 analysts. 0 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.